Condiment holder



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PATENT @FFHCEO CONDIMENT HOLDER.

Application filed March 18, 1922. Serial No.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that we, ALorsn HERGENBEDER and Louis A. SACHS, citizens of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of illinois, have invented ertain new and useful improvements in Condiment Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates in general to improvements in condiment holders, vbut more particularly to a combined salt and pepper holder, and one of the objects of the invention is to provide an improved article of this character which will be of a simple, durable and cheap construction.

A further object is to provide an improved article of this character embodying improved means whereby either one of the holders may be opened at will and at the same time the other holder will be closed, the said means also operating when desired to simultaneously close both of the holders.

'llo the attainment of these ends and the accomplishment of other new and useful objects as will appear, the invention consists in the features of novelty in substantially the construction, combination and arrangement of the several parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed and shown in the accompanying drawing illustrating this invention and in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation.

Figure 2 is a view partly in vertical section, partly in elevation, and partly broken away.

Figure 3 is a top plan view.

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on line 4*-4, Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a view similar to Figure 4 of a modified form of the invention.

Figures 6, 7 and 8 are views of details.

Figure 9 is an enlarged sectional view of a detail of construction.

Referring more particularly to the drawing the numeral 10 designates a receptacle of any desired size and configuration, and constructed of any suitable material, the receptacle being provided with a removable closure 11, which may be secured thereto in any suitable manner such screw threads 12.

rFhe closure 11 is constructed of any suitw able material and is provided therethrough with a series of apertures 13, through which as by means of the contents of the receptacle 10 may be dis charged.

These openings 13 are of any desired size and configuration and are preferably arranged adjacent the periphery of the closure.

Supported by the closure and adjacent the lower face thereof is a member 14, which 1s provided with a series of openings 15, adapted to be moved into and out of register with the openings 13. This member 14 is also constructed of any suitable material and is preferably provided with a centrally disposed recess 16, the bottom of the recess being provided with a series of openings 17, adapted to be moved into and out of register with another series of openings 18 in the closure 11. These openings 17 and 18 are preferably of a` diameter somewhat smaller than the diameter of the openings 15 and 13.

The member 14 is rotatably supported by the closure 11 preferably by means of a pin 19, having a head or collar 20. The pin passes through an opening in the closure 10 and also through the bottom of the recess 16, forming a pivot for the member 14. rFhis pin is of a length to project a short distance into the recess 16, above the bottom thereof and adjacent the extremity of the pin there is provided a circumferential recess 21.

A spring 22, preferably shaped to form arms 23, is arranged within the recess 16, and this spring is provided with an opening through its body and through which opening the pin 19 passes. The spring 22 is bowed so that the central portion thereof will be spaced from the bottom of the recess 16, while the extremities of the arms 23 thereof will engage and rest against the bottom of the recess. A fastening device 24 is provided for securing the pin 19 and the spring 22 in position. This fastening device 24. preferably consists of a piece o-f flat ma.- terial bifurcated at one end to form spring arms 25 and adjacent the bifurcated portion the member 24 is provided with an opening 26 of a diameter slightly greater than the width of the bifurcation. The parts are assembled by placing the member 14 against the lower face of the closure 11 and the pin 19 is then passed through registering openings so that the head 20 will rest against the outer face of the closure 11` The spring 12 is then placed in position so that the extremity of the pin 19 will project through the body of the spring, after which the member or fastening device 24 is placed in position by inserting the portion of the pin at the base of the cirycumferential recess 21 into the bifurcation of the member 24, so that the fastening device will extend transversely of the pin and the fastening device is moved into position until the wall of the .opening 26 passes into the circumferential recess 21. With this improved construction it will be manifest that the spring 22 together with the pin 19 serve as a fastening means for holding the members 14 and 11 in contact with each other, but the member 14 may be rotated freely with respect to the closure 11. With this construction it Will also be apparent that the spring 22 serves as a means for holding the member 14 in close contact with the face of the closure 11, so as to prevent the entrance of material between the faces of the members 11 and 14.

The member 14 is provided with a flange or tubular portion 27 which encompasses the recess 16 and this portion 27 is preferably provided with threads 28, adapted to engage corresponding threads on a receptacle 29, one end of which receptacle is adapted to be inserted into the tubular portion 27 and removably secured thereto.

By arranging the receptacles 10 and 29, one within the other and as they are closed to communication with each other, it will be manifest that two dii-ferent condiments may be placed in the receptacles and by adjusting the member 14 with respect to the closure 11, by rotating the member 14 about the pivot formed by the pin 19, the respective apertures may be brought into registration, so that the device may be employed in the usual manner for discharging either one of the condiments or the other as is desired. The respective series of openings 17--18 and 13-15 are so arranged with respect to each other that when one series is opened the other series will be closed.

Any suitable means may be vprovided for rotating the member 15 such as a handle 30, which may be secured to the member 14 in any suitable manner, and passes through an elongated slot 31 in the closure 11. One wall of the slot 31 is provided with a recess 32 so disposed that the handle 30 will enter the recess at the time when both of the series of openings in the member 14 and closure 11 are closed.

A guard 33 in the form of a spring is connected with the handle 30, and serves as a closure for the slot 31 in any position of the handle with respect to the slot. In the form of the invention shown in Figures 2 and 4 the spring 32 is held against the face of the closure 11 by means of a suitable element 34.

In the form of the invention shown in F igure 5, the spring 35 corresponding with the spring 33 is provided at its extremities with deflected portions 36, the extremities 37 of such deflected portion engaging and resting against a portion of the member 14, the portions 36 then serving as a spring means for holding the element 35 in position.

Obviously when the closure 11 is removed the receptacle 29 will also be removed, and when it is desired tofill the receptacle 29, the latter may be detached from the member 14.

While the has been herein shown and described it is to be understood that various changes may be made in the details of construction and in the shape, combination and arrangement of the several parts, within the scope of the claims, .Without departing from the spirit of this invention.

What is claimed as new is l. A condiment holder embodying a receptacle, an apertured closure removably se cured thereto, a member arranged adjacent the lower face of the -closure and provided with openings therethrough adapted to be moved into and out of register with the openings in the closure, a shouldered pin passing through the closure. and member for rotata bly securing the member to the closure, said shoulder abutting the closure, the free end of the pin projecting through and beyond the said member, a bowed spring through which the pin passes, the ends of the spring engaging the said member, a fastening device for the spring, said fastening device removably engaging the pin, the said spring co-operating with the said shoulder for maintaining the said member in engagement with the lower face of the closure for exerting a uniform tension upon the parts throughout their relative movement, and means forrotating the member with respect to the closure.

2. A condiment holder embodying a receptacle, an apertured closure removably secured thereto, a. member arranged adjacent the lower face of the closure and provided with openings therethrough adapted to. be moved into and out of register with the openings in the closure, a shouldered pin passing through the closure and member for rotatably securing the member to the closure, said shoulder abutting the closure, the free end of the pin projecting through and beyond the said member, a bowed spring through which the pin passes, the ends of the spring engaging the said member, the end of the pin being provided with a peripheral recess, and a flexible fastening member engaging in the said recess and standing astride of the pin, the said fastening device supporting the spring, the said spring co-operating with the said shoulder for maintainin the said member in contact with the lower gace of the said closure and for exerting a uniform tension upon the parts throughout their relative movement.

3. A condiment holder embodying a repreferred form of the invention I an apertured closure removably secured thereto, a member rotatably supported adjacent the lower face of the closure and adapted to open and close the apertures therein, a handle secured to the said member and passing through an elongated aperture in the closure, a spring element connected with the handle to move therewith and serving to maintain the said elongated aperture closed, and means engaging one of the lateral faces of the said spring and operating to hold the spring substantially flat against the portion of the closure adjacent the elongated aperture therethrough, said spring being subjected to a substantially uniform tension throughout the movement of the said handle.

A condiment holder embodying a receptacle, an apertured closure removably secured thereto, a member rotatably supported acent the lower face of the closure and adapted to open and close the apertures (-eptacle,

therein, and a handle secured to the said member and passing through an elongated aperture in the closure, a spring element cons, nected with the handle to move therewith and serving to maintain the said elongated aperture closed, a portion of the said springs ALOISE HERGENREDER. LOUIS A. SACHS. 

